Hod.



No. 758,727. PATBNTED MAY 3,1904. J. WHITE.

HOD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1903.

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HOD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1903.

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NT'TED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

JACOB \YHITE, OF MARION, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 758,727, dated May 3,1904. Application iileu August 903, g m N 163,404, No model.)

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Be it known that I, JACOB \Viu'ru, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marion, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hods, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to hods, and has for its object to provide astrong, durable, and inexpensive vessel for carrying coal, vegetables,and various kinds of merchandise.

To that end the invention consists in certain novel features, which 1will now proceed to describe and will then particularly point out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hodembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4.- is a detailperspective view of the baseplate detached, and Fig. is a plan view ofthe blank from which the body of the hod is made.

The body of the hod, which is indicated as a whole by thereference-numeral 1, is preferably struck from a single piece ofsheetsteel, the blank therefor having the form shown in Fig. 5. Itconsists of a central portion 7, which forms the bottom of the body,lateral portions 8. which form the sides of the body, an end portion 9,which forms the rear end of the body, and an end portion 10 of greaterwidth, said portion 10 forming the front or discharge end of the body.The adjacent margins of the parts 8, 9, and 10 are not at right angles,but inclined, and the parts 9 and 10 are provided with lateral flangesor extensions 6. "hen the blank is bent by dies or otherwise along thedotted lines, it is shaped up into a vessel having a flat bottom 7,outwardly-inclined side portions 8, and a straight or plane rear endportion 9. The front or discharge end of the body is closed by aninclined wall 10, which is bent outward in a trough-like form, as shown,to facilitate the discharge of the material. The flanges or extensions 6are bent around the sides 8 and riveted to them, as indicated at 11,thus securing the parts of the body permanently together. The body isprovided at each end thereof with a handle 12, riveted or other wisesecured thereto, for the purpose hereinafter set forth. To the underportion of the body there is secured about centrally thereof a casting13, consisting of a base-plate 14, litting against the under side of thebody and having lateral flanges 15, which extend along and lit againstthe sides thereof. Lugs 16 ex tend upward from the flanges l5 andreceive rivets 17, which pass through the sides and serve to secure thecasting 13 to the body. The casting 13 is provided on its under sidewith a downwardly-extendingsocket 18, which receives the upper end ofthe handle or pole 19, which is removably fitted in said socket. At itsfront end the casting 13 is provided with hook projections 20,downwardly directed and serving the purpose hereinafter described. Thecasting 13 also serves as a means of attachment for a shoulder-pzul, andI prefer to employ for this purpose the construction shown, in which thecasting 13 is pro "idcd with downwardly-extending inclined converginglugs 21, which form a dovetail way, in which may be slipped and held ablock 22, having correspondinglyinclined sides. This block forms thebase of the cushion, which consists of a padding or filling 23, of anysuitable material, and an outer cover 2%, of leather or other suitablematerial, inclosing the padding and having its edges secured to theblock.

The device thus constructed is strong and durable and at the same timeinexpensive. Owing to the fact that it has a Hat bottom and is inclosedboth'at its sides and ends by outwardlyinclined walls, it is of large-apacity and may be used for the handling of coal and merchandise, towhich hods asordinarily con structed are not well adapted. It is alsogreatly superior to baskets or sacks for this purpose, owing to thegreater convenience of loading and unloading the vessel, the lack ofloss of time and goods by a spilling of the load, and the greaterconvenience of the mode of carrying, which permits greater loads to becarried. \Vhile the hod is being loaded, the hook pro ections 20 may beengaged with the edge of the body of the wagon or other receptacle fromwhich the load is being taken, so as to support the hod firmly whilebeing loaded. The handle 19 is removable, so that where the vessel isbeing used in situations where the handle would be in the way as, forinstance, in low cellars the said handle 19 may be removed, when thevessel may be carried by means of the handles 12 at the ends thereof.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself strictly to theprecise details of con struction hercinbefore described, and shown inthe accompanying drawings, as the same may obviously be modified withoutdeparting from the principle of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hod for the carrying of coal, merchandise, &c., comprising asheet-steel body having a bottom and outwardly-flaring sides and ends,one of said ends being of trough-like formin horizontal section, and apole-handle extending downwardlyfrom said body, substantially asdescribed.

2. Ahod for the carrying of coal, merchandise, &c., comprising asheet-steel body having a bottom and outwardly-flaring sides and ends, acasting secured to the under part of the body and provided with asocket, and downwardly-directed hook projections, and a pole-handlefitted in said socket, substantially as described.

3. A hod for the carrying of coal, merchandise, &c., comprising asheet-steel body having a bottom and outwardly'flaring sides and ends, acasting secured to the under portion of said body and provided with. asocket, downwardly-extending hook projections, and a pad, and apole-handle fitted in said socket, substantially as described.

4:. A hod for the carrying of coal, merchandise, &c., comprising asheet-steel body hav' ing a bottom and outwardly-flaring sides and ends,a casting secured to the under portion of said body and provided with asocket to receive a pole-handle and with a dovetail way, and a removablepad having a base fitted to slide in said dovetail way, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB WHITE. Witnesses:

J. F. MoNEAL,

K. C. CRoMER.

